FTO Gene Causes People to Want to Eat More

In 2007, researchers using gene association studies linked a gene to obesity. Basically, they found that fat people had a specific version of a gene much more often than the general population. The gene was dubbed FTO--for fat and obesity-associated-- and about 15% of people have only the version associated with obesity.  Others have slightly different variants of FTO....Read Full Post
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